Rowan University is a public university in Glassboro, New Jersey, United States. This school was founded in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School at twenty-five acre site donated by the city. Schools became New Jersey State Teachers College at Glassboro in the 1930s, and Glassboro State College in 1958. Beginning in the 1970s, it grew into a multi-purpose institution, adding programs in business, communications, and engineering.
That's the name of Rowan College of New Jersey in 1992, after Henry Rowan and his wife Betty gave the school $ 100 million, at the time the largest gift to a public college It became Rowan University on March 21, 1997.
The university is currently divided into ten schools: Rohrer College of Business, College of Communication and Creative Arts, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Faculty of Performing Arts, the College of Science and Mathematics, College of Graduate and Continuing Education ( CGCE), School of Biomedical Sciences, and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. Notable concert organ virtuoso Gordon Turk became professor of organ instruction at Rowan University in 2013.
US News Best Colleges rankings (2014):
- Regional Universities (North) # 18;
- Public Schools over the (North) # 3;
- Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs (In schools where doctors are not offered): # 16 of 199;
- Chemical Engineering: # 3 of 22;
- Mechanical Engineering: # 8 of 118.
US News Best Grad School Rankings (2012):
- Part-time MBA # 232.
US News Top Tier Program Online (2012):
- Top Online Business Programs: Faculty Credentials and Training # 31;
- Student Engagement and Accreditation # 31;
- Student Services and Technology # 134;
- Top Online Education Programs: Admissions Selectivity # 22;
- Student Engagement and Accreditation # 28;
- Student Services and Technology # 128;
- Top Online Engineering Programs: Student Engagement and Accreditation # 19; Student Services and Technology # 19.
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